While I am annoyed that I am still waiting to see the check from my June externship I do have to admit that the experience was a great one!
The program was arranged by Oakwood Hospital but I was working in an outpatient office that had in house x-ray and labs. It was kind of a "one stop shop" for all things non-critical so I got to see a lot in the three weeks I was there. Lucky for me, there was only one or two third years there during my time so I got the chance to work with attending physicians on many occasions (though working with residents was not bad either!).
Mostly I just followed along and tried to learn as much as possible. When you are between first and second year you soon realize that almost anything you hear in the clinic is new information. Luckily everyone I worked with was good about answering questions. Sometimes I was allowed to get patient histories on my own which was great because I got to feel like I might actually be a real doctor someday (haha). In all seriousness though taking a history with a real patient is nothing like the standardized patients in class so getting some real practice was nice!
Thursday afternoons were procedure clinic so I got to see some fun things like mole freezing and toenail removal. I also worked doing prenatal visits a couple days so I got to hear fetal heart beats. I learned a lot about diabetes and well child visits, heard a heart murmur, correctly diagnosed a case of Hand, Foot and Mouth (lucky guess!), and too many other things to count!
Overall, I reaffirmed my interest in Family Medicine and got out of the house everyday so win, win.
Promise to write about my other summer things soon!
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